Eloise Heep of Kentucky has filed a lawsuit in Madison County Court on behalf of her late husband. The suit claims that Zelba Leon Heep’s diagnosis and subsequent death from mesothelioma cancer was wrongfully cause by 149 corporations, including Mr. Heep’s former employers.
Mrs. Heep’s suit alleges that her husband was exposed to asbestos-containing materials while employed with the United States Navy from 1961 to 1963 and then as a boilermaker from 1968 to 2006. The suit states that the health consequences of asbestos exposure should have been foreseeable by Mr. Heep’s employers, and that these individuals failed to properly protect Mr. Heep from exposure to this harmful toxin.
The eleven-count lawsuit states that Mrs. Heep has suffered great emotional pain as a result of her husband’s death, and she is seeking amounts in upwards of $200,000 including $150,000 in economic damages and $150,000 in compensatory damages. The lawsuit was filed on October 22nd.
Zelba Leon Heep was diagnosed with mesothelioma cancer in November of 2007 and passed away only a few short months later on January 10, 2008.
